A/N: So, a new chapter and they are finally on a date! Woo! Please use the reviews for suggestions, they are appreciated, even though I'm already on chapter 9ish (: Hmm this is the longest chapter so far, I think I'm spoiling you...
Chapter title based on the song 'Hearts Collide' by Sarah Solovay. It was on 90210 (yah, duhh of course I watch that) and it's really awesome (:

aiketi: haha no, I don't update that often, I have about 20 more pages written though, it seems like this story has become my addiction... Sad, I know.

Addeklover: finally someone on board with drunk Addie... I need to think that through though ^^

Addie's Practice: I'm really glad you have found the story and are enjoying it! Yeah, I agree, they do need to have sex but I'm not sure how to get there... But it'll happen eventually and it will be magical (chapter 9 or something will explain that statement ^^)

jackel4387: I am continuing every day actually

Whoop-whoop: A little more excitement about the sex please lol (:

deslil: Noooo she wouldn't get drunk on their first date but maybe on some annyversary.

Alterus: I meant in like chapter 15 ish ^^

addekfanatik: haha yeah I think she does too, at some point at least but not just yet (:

Hearts Collide

Addison was nervous and that was probably a total underestimation. Her date tonight freaked her out, even though it may not even be a real date. He had never actually used the word date but did he have to? After all they weren't in high school anymore. Addison sighed, she couldn't believe that she was feeling like this.

She had the house to herself by now, because they had all left for the movies. This way she didn't have to explain to anyone that she had a date, or maybe not a date but...

Two hours later she was finally ready to leave, looking at her reflection in the mirror before she took a deep breath. Her hair was down and wavy, she was wearing dark blue jeans and a black top. Nothing too fancy, after all she had no idea where he would be taking her.

The doorbell rang and she hurried down the stairs to open the door for him.

"Hi." She gave him a smile, before stepping aside so he could step inside.

"Hi yourself." Derek couldn't believe how gorgeous she looked. He had already thought she was beautiful in scrubs but this really topped everything. "Here." He handed her flowers.

"Aww, you brought me flowers?" She was touched, to say the least as she looked down at the gorgeous parrot's flowers.

"Well, what can I say, I'm pretty old fashioned." Derek shrugged his shoulders and watched her put the flowers in water.

"Thank you." She kissed his cheek and he could smell her perfume.

"You're more than welcome. And you look amazing." He really wanted to kiss her, but that could wait affter all he had an entire evening planned.

"Thank you, you look rather spiffy yourself." She smiled at her choice of words and so did he.
"Are you ready to go?"

"Derek, this is so beautiful." Addison was taken aback. He had brought her to the boat bridge, which was illuminated. The stars were visible, even in the rainiest city ever and she couldn't have pictured a greater first date.

"You like it?" He turned to look at her, smiling at how her eyes were shining.

"I love it." She smiled brightly at him before she sat down on the boat bridge, watching a ferry. Derek sat down next to her and she took his hand in her's. "So, do you bring all your dates here?" Addison asked him after a while, her head tilted to the side a little.

"All my dates? That would mean I had any to begin with." He chuckled at her, he hadn't been out with a woman in forever. "I'm a surgeon, what can I say." He shrugged when he saw her raised eyebrow.

"And as far as I know that's pretty attractive to lots of women."

"Not the kind of women I care about." He was running his thumb over the back of her hand, smiling when he felt her skin tingle. "So, you watch Melrose Place and 90210 I have heard?"

"Gracie told you, didn't she?" Addison had to laugh, feeling a blush creep up on her face.

"She did. The new or the old 90210?"

"The new, the old was Beverly Hills 90210, wasn't it?"

"How do you like Dixon and Silver splitting up then?" Derek saw the expression on her face and had to laugh, apparently she wouldn't have expected him to know this. "I have four sisters, I kind of grew up in a world of soap operas." He rolled his eyes.

"But 90210 is new." She chuckled and rested her head on his shoulder again.

"We talk at Christmas and... well yeah."

"Hmhmmm..." Of course she didn't really believe him. "But I would like Silver and Dixon being together again... Even though I'd prefer Ryan and Kelly, but she's hitting on Harry I think." She saw his raised eyebrows now and defened herself. "I won't judge you if you won't judge me."

"I wouldn't judge you." Derek kissed the top of her head, running his fingers along her sides.

"Good, you better not or I'll tell that you watch all of that too."

"I have four sisters, I'm scarred for life anyway." She smiled at him, not believing how adorable he was. Slowly she leaned in to kiss him, her eyes opening when he pulled back a little, grinning. "I was told people don't kiss before the third date." He teased.

"You really shouldn't rely on my six year old daughter for everything." Addison whispered before she leaned in closer again and this time he didn't pull back. He ran his fingers through her hair and pulled her a little closer, his lips moving against hers softly. She tugged at his lower lip before running her tongue over it and he couldn't believe how incredible it felt to just be kissing her but then Addison parted her lips and slipped her tongue into his mouth. Derek couldn't help himself, he just had to pull her closer while his tongue massaged hers. He heard her moan softly when he placed his hand on her hip, his fingers running along her now slightly exposed hipbone.

After a bit they pulled apart, foreheads resting against each other before Addison pecked his lips softly a couple more times. But then his cell phone rang. "Oh gee, I thought I had turned this off." Derek chuckled before he answered it. "Oh hi Nancy..." He sighed and mouthed 'my sister' to Addison who laughed.

"Yes, I'm busy right now..." He rolled his eyes. "No, it's none of your business... Goodbye Nancy." Derek hung up his phone and took the battery out. "Before the other three call."

"They would do that?" She chuckled, her hand resting on his thigh.

"They probably are right about now." He rolled his eyes. "And then they call my mother so she will talk to me... They're a little over protective."

"That's sweet though, even though she had a pretty bad timing."

"Could have been worse." Derek winked at her, making her laugh again.

"Yeah, that would happen out here." She rolled her eyes and hit his arm playfully.

"They don't call me McDreamy for nothing." He wrapped his arms around her to pull her body closer to his before kissing her temple.

"Hmhmm, that's a really cute nickname, who started that anyway?" She whispered softly as she closed her eyes, just enjoying his company.

"The interns I think... It's not really the best nickname."

"What would you like them to call you then?"

"Well, Dr. Shepherd would be completely fine with me, or Super Doc or something like that." He joked, his voice still low.

"Hmhm, sure, as in 'Super Doc to the rescue'?" Addison laughed softly, he could take her mind off everything that had been happened the last year.

"That would be perfect, don't you think?"

"Yeah and your superpower would be making things up no one else would have ever thought of?"

"And yours destroying a great story." He contered.

"No, I'd use my powers for good... Even though I look pretty good in black so maybe 'The Ruler of all that is Evil' would suit me, don't you think?" Derek laughed at this.

"I think you always look good and apprently you read too many fairytales to your daughter."

"Nah, I always read medical journals to her, it was the only thing that would get her to fall asleep. Apparently those articles have the same effect on kids."

"They're usually pretty terrible and filled with terms even I have to look up."

"Very true. But speaking of kids, I think I should go home." She looked up at him, tilting her head to the side.

"Yeah, you're right."

"Or we could stay, because Gracie is asleep and I really don't want to explain things to Richard and Adele."

"This feels like sixth grade, we kiss for a like six minutes and then we talk to our friends about it." He rolled his eyes, this situation was ridiculous.

"Let's stay." She whispered, "How about we kiss for longer than six minutes then?" before leaning in to kiss him again. Derek wrapped his arms around her while she ran her fingers through the wavy hair at the nape of his neck. Her soft touch gave him goose bumps while their kiss started deepening, their need for each other growing. He lightly ran his tongue along her bottom lip, begging for enterence which he so desperately wanted. Addison oblidged by parting her lips, granting his tongue enterance once more, making her moan with longing. In this moment Derek couldn't get enough of her, he needed more of her. She tasted like nothing he had ever experienced before and whenever she touched him it felt like his skin began to burn.

Now being as close as they could get they slowed their kiss down a bit, reducing it to slow and soft kisses before pulling apart completely, still breathing heavily.

"I think we have accomplished that now." He smiled at her, not believing he had just kissed her.

"Yeah, we have." Addison whispered, her fingers still running through his hair. Words weren't necessary between the two of them, every silence between them wasn't an awkward one, it was comfortable and like something they had done for year even though they had only known each other for a short period of time.

xxx

"Did you have fun?" Adele raised her eyebrows at Addison who had just walked through the door a little after two in the morning. She closed her eyes and sighed before turning around to face Adele, who was sitting in a chair by the fire.

"I did. Goodnight, Adele." She said, quickly walking up the stairs to check on Gracie. Adele rolled her eyes and turned the lights off, if she didn't want to talk about it, she wasn't going to pressure her.

Addison knelt next to her daughter's bed, stroking her hair softly before whispering "Sweet dreams, honey."

She had just walked out of her Gracie's room as her cell phone vibrated in her pocket.

'I really had a good time tonight. Sleep well.' She smiled to herself.

'Me too. I kind of miss you :-)' she texted back, staring down at her phone, already waiting for a response.

'I miss you too, but I'll see you in a couple of hours.' A smile was still on her face when she got ready for bed. Yes, she was already looking forward to work.

xxx

"Good morning, Dr. Montgomery." Derek smiled as he came up to her in front of the elevator.

"Good morning to you too, Dr. Shepherd." She moved a little closer to him, but not close enough for anyone to get the wrong idea of the relationship between them.

"How are you?" They stepped into the elevator, a little disappointed when there were other people as well.

"I'm great, I just didn't get enough sleep though." She gave him a smile. "How about you?"

"Same, how come you didn't get enough sleep?" Derek raised his eyebrows rather amused.

"I think that's private, Dr. Shepherd." She shook her head before stepping out so she could get changed in the locker room.

"I think we are headed the same way." He grinned and walked into the room with her.

"You're stalking me." Addison had to laugh, taking her coat off when she noticed him looking at her. "And I'm not taking my shirt off." Okay she had figured out what he had been thinking about. "I wasn't even thinking about that." He laughed, slipping his shirt over his head.

"Sure you weren't." Addison laughed, looking over at him, now wearing her lab coat and ready to go.

"Hey, stop staring." He dramatically covered his chest with his scrub top.

"I'm not staring." Addison quickly looked away, already blushing.

"Not anymore." Derek laughed at the look on her face. "See, you look guilty." He walked over to her, ready for his surgery. "Hi." He pulled her close and kissed her softly.
"Hmm, hi." She leaned in to repeat his greeting, her lips gently tugging on his. Suddenly they jumped apart as if they had been electrecuted when the door opened.
"Dr. Shepherd, Dr. Montgomery." Preston Bruke grinned at them knowingly, earning a rather ticked off look from Derek.
"I gotta go, bye." Addison said to both of them, she was already late for rounds.

xxx

A few hours later Addison was done for the day but she had decided to watch Derek's surgery. Not to watch him, just to watch the procedure. Okay, yeah, who was she kidding, she wanted to watch him perform the surgery. She sighed to herself, sitting down in the gallery.
"Dr. Montgomery." Preston gave her a nod, trying to hide his smirk about the fact she was watching his surgery.
"Call me Addison." She gave him a smile. "Dr. Montgomery sounds... Well, yeah..."
"Then you should call me Preston." He offered, seeing her focus had now drifted to Derek who was removing a tumor close to the patient's parietal lobe. Her eyebrows furrowed and she tensed up slightly whenever any complications occurred. About halfway through the surgery only Addison and Preston were left in the gallery.
"You care about him, don't you?" He tilted his head to the side, watching for a reaction. Instead of a verbal answer she nodded her head, before saying, "I would really appreciate it if you wouldn't tell anyone."
"Don't worry, it's none of my business, or anyone else's... Just don't... hurt him, because he's a pretty great guy."
"I have no intention of hurting him, trust me." Addison said softly, making Preston smile at this.
"I have to go, goodnight." He got up and left as well, leaving Addison who still had her eyes fixated on Derek. And then he looked up at her, only for a second. She gave him a smile, her head tilted to the side a little. It was then her mind drifted to the numerous times she had watched her husband perform a surgery, even the most routine ones. She couldn't breathe, tears welling up in her eyes as images of Christopher in the OR kept rushing back to her. Addison needed to get out, now.
The next time Derek look up to look into her eyes, she was gone.

xxx

"Hey, are you alright?" He was standing in front of the bench she was sitting on, his eyes filled with worry about her.
"Yeah, I'm fine..." Addison couldn't even convince herself of that for she knew it was a lie. Derek just nodded, sitting down next to her. "You want to talk about it?"
"No." She whispered, resting her head on his shoulder. "How did it go?"
"Good, my patient survived." If she didn't want to talk about it, he wouldn't pressure her.
"I'm really glad."
"Don't you want to go home?" Derek asked after a few minutes of comfortable and relaxing silence. It was six pm and already dark in Seattle.
"No... I don't know... What are you doing tonight?" She looked up at him, smiling at his slightly trousled hair and contend look on his face.
"What do you want to do?"
"Get away from things." Addison saw him nod in response, she was so glad he was there for her. He nodded and kissed her temple, something had happened during his surgery that bothered her and he wanted to make her feel better.

"You wanna come over to my place?" This caused her to chuckle and give him an amused look. "Not to do that." Derek laughed, rolling his eyes at her.

"Alright, can you text me the directions later then?"
"Definitely." He pulled her close to him.

Alrighty! They were on a date! YAY! I really love writing this story, don't ask me why lol

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